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Goss-Grove Eviction Risk: High , Boulder

Tract 08013012204 · Boulder County, CO · pop 3,881 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 08013012204 covers part of the Goss-Grove area of Boulder, CO, and scores 8.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,881 residents. The severe-burden share is 46%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 29% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,844
Renter share86.8%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate36.8%
Median income$49,490

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Goss-Grove
Very High
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 30 tracts In Boulder
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 78 tracts In Boulder County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1,447 tracts In Colorado
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boulder and the region

Centroid at 40.0176, -105.2792 · click any tract to drill in

Why Goss-Grove scores 8.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Boulder
9.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.8
State political climate
Colorado legislature & governorship
4.7
Economic stress
36.8% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$2,018 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boulder
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boulder
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boulder
8.0

How Goss-Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Goss-Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.8This tracttract 0122047.4Boulderparent city5.8Countyavg tract in county4.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 12Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2002)
  • 12Filings in 2002 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Goss-Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Goss-Grove

It sits 3.0 points above the Boulder County average of 5.8. Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income of $49,490, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is local political climate at 9.5/10.

Against Boulder County at 52.5%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. 87% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 12 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 0.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 95th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the CO average is 4.9, so this tract runs 3.9 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 08013012204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 08013012204?

Census tract 08013012204 in the Goss-Grove neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 08013012204?

Median gross rent is $2,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 08013012204?

36.8% of residents in tract 08013012204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,881.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 08013012204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 1th, minority 23th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 08013012204 considered part of Goss-Grove?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 08013012204 fall within Goss-Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 08013012204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 08013012204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.82% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 08013012204 compare to Boulder overall?

Tract 08013012204 scores 8.8/10, higher than the parent city of Boulder at 7.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boulder eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boulder

Top eight tracts in Boulder ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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